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The War on Estonian Forests (2022)
Originally published in Estonian World on 11 April 2022. It’s a cold spring morning and I’m watching a tour guide in the Old Town of Tallinn. With her back to a park built on a city block destroyed in World War 2 and facing a set of mediæval buildings not far from the old town square, head in a warm beanie, she’s explaining Estonia to a group of cruise ship tourists.
With her back to a park built on a city block destroyed in World War 2 and facing a set of mediæval buildings not far from the old town square, head in a warm beanie, she’s explaining Estonia to a group of cruise ship tourists. so crowded that that one article warned hikers to keep a safe distance to reduce risk of virus transmission – outdoors!Many Estonians visit the forests during the warm months to pick mushrooms or berries, and the good spots for harvesting wild produce are often kept secret, handed down between family members or close friends. .In such conditions, echoing a time-honoured tradition when there’s a power and economic imbalance between one country and another willing to pay them, with a rapid transition from a Soviet economy to the cowboy capitalism of the nineties which evolved into a society with a kind of money fetish and a clear tech worship, it’s understandable Estonia would look to its unique resources and consider destroying them in return for payment.
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